After Phoenix we started climbing altitude and going north.
Sedona was our next stop. This was just the start of seeing the diversity of Arizona. We met up with
Jillian who we had met through a mutual couch surf host in Napa Valley. She's been traveling across the country herself and decided to rent out a room and spend the winter in Sedona. The energy from the vortexes sucked her in. The red rocks all around that city are beautiful. High desert is totally different than Phoenix. Small cactuses and snow! We found some cool hikes around the canyons and into some caves. Plus we did some good mountain biking... trails were crowded though with people hiking. They have a fun brewery, Oak Creek Brewing, we hung out there in the evenings. They had a fire outside and one night they had a good drum circle going for a few hours. Jillian has a fun group of friends that we enjoyed spending time with while we were there. Oh we did another timeshare tour in Sedona... for a $75 visa card and 2 nights at one of their resorts. Not too bad for spending a few hours looking a vacation ideas and saying no a lot to the sales guy.
We kept climbing up to
Flagstaff which is nearly 7000 ft making it one of the nations highest elevation cities. It was definitely cold there! We stayed with
Mark & Ali, whom we met in Jackson Hole and gave them a ride to into town & to the airport. Unfortunately we didn't get to spend much time with them because they were working the night shift at the hospital the few days that we were there. They have a cool place in the woods and off the grid just outside of downtown. They even have to bring their own water in! We had a great time even though they weren't able to hang out with us much. Victor, from Sedona, came up and introduced us to his friend Jarrod who lives in Flag. We hung out with them a couple nights. Flag has a much better night life than Sedona. Ladies 80s night our first night up there with 25 cent drinks... We went mountain biking their too, but it was probably our worst ride ever. lol There was snow and some places super muddy. It's supposed to be a great place for riding... just not during the time we were there. Flagstaff has a lot going on. It's up there with our favorite cities list.
After Phoenix we started climbing altitude and going north. Sedona was our next stop. This was just the start of seeing the diversity of Arizona. We met up with Jillian who we had met through a mutual couch surf host in Napa Valley. She's been traveling across the country herself and decided to rent out a room and spend the winter in Sedona. The energy from the vortexes sucked her in. The red rocks all around that city are beautiful. High desert is totally different than Phoenix. Small cactuses and snow! We found some cool hikes around the canyons and into some caves. Plus we did some good mountain biking... trails were crowded though with people hiking. They have a fun brewery, Oak Creek Brewing, we hung out there in the evenings. They had a fire outside and one night they had a good drum circle going for a few hours. Jillian has a fun group of friends that we enjoyed spending time with while we were there. Oh we did another timeshare tour in Sedona... for a $75 visa card and 2 nights at one of their resorts. Not too bad for spending a few hours looking a vacation ideas and saying no a lot to the sales guy. 
We kept climbing up to Flagstaff which is nearly 7000 ft making it one of the nations highest elevation cities. It was definitely cold there! We stayed with Mark & Ali, whom we met in Jackson Hole and gave them a ride to into town & to the airport. Unfortunately we didn't get to spend much time with them because they were working the night shift at the hospital the few days that we were there. They have a cool place in the woods and off the grid just outside of downtown. They even have to bring their own water in! We had a great time even though they weren't able to hang out with us much. Victor, from Sedona, came up and introduced us to his friend Jarrod who lives in Flag. We hung out with them a couple nights. Flag has a much better night life than Sedona. Ladies 80s night our first night up there with 25 cent drinks... We went mountain biking their too, but it was probably our worst ride ever. lol There was snow and some places super muddy. It's supposed to be a great place for riding... just not during the time we were there. Flagstaff has a lot going on. It's up there with our favorite cities list.
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